skyhook

Noun

 * 1) A hook imagined to be suspended in midair.
 * 2) An overhead winch.
 * 3) A helicopter that lifts and transports heavy objects suspended by a heavy cable.
 * 4)  A proposed momentum-exchange tether for launching payloads into low Earth orbit by hooking them to the end of a cable that reaches down from an orbiting station into the upper atmosphere.
 * 5)  A CB radio antenna.
 * 6)  A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.
 * 7)  A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.
 * 8)  A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.
 * 1)  A CB radio antenna.
 * 2)  A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.
 * 3)  A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.
 * 4)  A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.
 * 1)  A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.
 * 1)  A device covering the rider's boot and sometimes screwed to the board, to facilitate jumping and enhance stability.

Translations

 * Finnish: avaruuskoukku
 * German: Skyhook


 * Finnish: raskas kuljetushelikopteri
 * German: Skyhook